Feb 9, 2010

Avocados, chicken, scallions and cilantro in a light broth with a touch of lime. If you are an avocado lover like me, you'll love this soup. This is easy to prepare, just have all your ingredients diced and chopped before you start. If you don't have shredded chicken, you can cook 2 chicken breast halves in the broth for 15-20 minutes, then shred with a fork (don't overcook). If you prefer dark meat, thighs work great too. Serve tortilla chips or white rice on the side.

In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add 1 cup of scallions and garlic. Sauté about 2 minutes then add tomatoes and sauté another minute, until soft. Add chicken stock, cumin and chile powder and bring to a boil. Simmer, covered on low for about 15-20 minutes.

In four bowls, fill each with 1/2 cup chicken, 1/2 avocado, remainder of the scallions, and cilantro. Ladle 1 cup chicken broth over the chicken and serve with a lime wedge.

I just love your blog! What a great place! My sister and I just started a weight watchers blog. Please stop by and visit us.w8watchinsisters@blogspot.comI would love to add a link to yours if thats ok because you have some great stuff here :)

I made this vegan just by ommiting the chicken and chicken broth and using portabella mushroom and veggie broth in its place. My family (who are NOT vegans) said it was fantastic and want it again, even the 6 year old! Thanks for the great recipe! :)

I can not tell you how much I absolutely love your website!! I've told all of my friends because EVERY RECIPE I have tried on your website is delicious!! And I've tried 4-5 or them! My boyfriend and I take turns every week choosing which recipe we want to do next! Thank you for making a website that has healthy food and that is easy enough for newbies like myself to follow!!

Thanks for this delicious website! I have tried 5 recipes in the last week since I found it & every one has been spot on. Even my hubby & son have liked everything I've made from here & never realized it was WW friedly!This soup is on my list of ones I want to make next - I think I'll make it for dinner Fri.

I found your site on stumbleUpon today, and *had* to try this recipe. I susbstituted veggie broth for the chicken broth and chickpeas for the chicken to make this vegetarian. It has wonderful flavor, and is very filling.

OH MY GOODNESS!!! I just finished making this for lunch and it was delish. I added a little rice in the soup and added a little more kick. It was SOOO good. I have made so many of your recipes and they NEVER disappoint. Thank you for helping me cook healthy =)

My mom sent to me to your site Friday. It's now two days later and we've already had two Gina WW dinners. This was the second and my family absolutely loved it. My partner said it was like something he'd have in a restaurant. The lime makes the meal, seriously.

I sauted the veggies earlier today. I put them, the chicken, the seasoning, and the broth in the crock pot to cook all day. When I served it I included Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice to the options to add to the bowl. Rave reviews from the boys in the house. Thanks, Gina!

This is my third day in a row having this for lunch. I have your crockpot stock portioned into freezer bags, few minutes in the microwave, chop up some avocado, the broth is so flavorful I've even had it without the chicken, just the broth & avocado. YUM!

I love your website. I make your recipes a lot btw I would totally buy a cook book by you. Do you have one? Anyways I have a question. You use broth a lot and where I buy broth it is 3 to 4 dollars per recipe I make. I was wondering if there is a cheaper way to do broth? maybe the bouillon cubes.

I had some dental work done this week; I was looking for a soup with some slight, but easily chewed texture when I came across your blog. This soup is absolutely fabulous - I switched out the chicken for some firm tofu which I cut into tiny cubes. OMG You made me so happy!!!! This was beyond delicious. My first attempt at chewing was so worth it!!! Thank you, Gina for taking the time to host such an amazing blog.

I made it last night, AMAZING! And so easy to make! I had no chile powder handy so I added some sriacha instead, gave it a great kick! My husband loved it. Thank you! You're amazing, can't wait to make something else tomorrow!

I too know this as tortilla soup, and it's been one of my cold-weather staples since long before I started weight watchers. I just made a huge batch in my crock-pot last night. I love how filling it is! I add frozen corn and halved jalapeno and/or serrano peppers to mine as well, and a can of ro-tel rather than tomatoes. I never thought to add lime juice, I'll have to try that!

Very tasty! I had some pork broth leftover from making carnitas and used that as a start to this recipe and it was very flavorful! It did remind me of tortilla soup so I crushed some on top at the end. Thanks for the yummy idea and the inspiration. There are many other recipes I have bookmarked to try from you. I've been cooking up a storm lately!

Gina, this is the very first thing I made from your site. It is so good...I have it at least once a week. My friends and I get together once a week and share weight watchers recipes and a meal. We so love your recipes! Please keep them coming and thanks for helping us out.

Hello from Aus! Saw a link to your site on WeddingBee and have bookmarked so many new recipes to try. My fiance said this is his favorite soup ever...I've made it twice in 7 days now. We also loved the lentil and chicken soup. Thanks for sharing, you're making my upcoming Hawaiian vacation/wedding diet easy!

Gina,this recipe is BRILLIANT. I mean, like stellar! So simple to make, so filling and satisfying! My blog-mate Sharon and I are kind of obsessed with your recipes right now--each one we try just keeps getting better. Our husbands even like them, too!

Gina, this soup make my day! I just made some for lunch and my husband and I both loved it. I added about half a cup of rice once it was served and it was great! Thank you so much for the amazing recipes :)

This soup is bien sabroso! I like the original but I add pozole (hominy) to bulk it up for a main dinner course. Then it also smells like corn! so that's pretty awesome as far as I'm concerned. thanks gina!

We just had this soup last night. It was awesome! So easy. Wanted to mention how much the cilantro and lime really make the flavor pop. Also, the only thing I might add next time is green chilies (being from NM and all, we add them to pretty much everything).

I had to tell you that I've pretty much planned out the next two weeks worth of dinners with all your meals. I love how flavorful they all sound. :)

I have tried about 7 different recipes from your site in the last 2 weeks, and every single one of them have been delicious! I made this soup today and I have one word...HEAVEN! Thanks for the great recipes and ideas!

can you tell me how i would do this in crockpot? I am in class from 7-4 but would love to start it and have it ready when i get home? But im not sure do i cook the chicken first or put it in raw. I am afraid im not much of a cook but this looks very yummy and as a nursing student who tends to snack at my desk for 8 hrs i would love to eat it when i got home

Since you use half an avocado for each bowl, how do I keep the other half of the avocado good (not brown) for the next day's lunch? I love avocado. I would eat this for lunch and dinner for two days! Thanks!

for and avocado to keep it's color and not brown I put plastic wrap on it as soon as I cut it, just make sure you don't leave any air bubbles, the plastic should be completely against the "meat" of the avocado, also leave the pit in, will keep the center from browning! Also try lime juice!!

I made this last night, and LOOOOVED it, I love avocados.. I've been wanting a friend of mine's delicious tortilla soup recipe and I saw this and it looked very similar and turned out to taste identical! I added probably a little extra seasoning, a little onion powder and extra cumin. Thanks for all of your fabulous recipes!

I've made dozens and dozens of your recipes, but I have to say, this is the best thing I've ever made of yours...likely the best soup I have ever made, period. You should see the number of "Skinny Taste" recipes I have in my kitchen.....you need to do a book!!!

Thank you SO much for all your awesome recipes. I made this for my family and we all devoured it. So much flavor and easy to make. Next time, I will have to make a double batch :)Your recipes are the best, and they're wonderful and low in Points for me.

I've made four of your recipes in the last week and am loving all your recipes! I love that they are really pretty easy to make as well with not a huge list of ingredients, yet still very tasty! Thank you so much, I'm always excited to get your email update to see what's cooking!

Oh my goodness Gina, this might be the best recipe I've had from your blog yet. I've always liked cilantro but never really cooked with it until finding your blog. Avacado & cilantro is amazing, and the lime really just makes it.

I just found your website and I am so in love! These recipes all look delicious, easy to make, and healthy. I can't tell you how excited I am to expand my menu (I'm sure my husband will be just as excited)!

Love this soup so much! Not sure how you get 14 carbs though. I do low carb and I don't see the 14 carbs in one serving.... A whole avocado has 4-5 carbs and 1/4 cup of tomatoes has almost 5. Am I missing something?

Does this freeze well or is this more of a make & eat kind of soup? Will it hold for up to like 4 or 5 days? It's late tonight but in a cooking mode and looking for having this later on in the week but wanting to make it ahead of time. Thanks!! So excited - I pinned this and so many people at work saw it and got excited too!

I am such a huge fan of this site! Everything I've made on here has been delicious, and this soup is seriously one of my favorite dishes I've ever cooked, or eaten. So easy, and has all of mine and my fiancee's favorite ingredients. I couldn't believe how yummy it was!

How do you use this with a crockpot saw a comment but no response would love to use a crockpot but based on reviews I will try anyway as I have a lot of avocados to use up and most of the other ingredients.

My awesome hubby had this ready when I walked in from work last night - FABULOUS! I am thrilled he is starting to make Skinnytaste recipes. I have been making them for over a year and he is just starting to help with cooking - and loves you too!

Lucky for me I had this soup planned for this evening, because a cold struck me today! Blech! This soup was delicious, filling, and just what I needed :) Hubby loved it too! We added a touch of sriracha for heat instead of chili powder.

I made this but made a few modifications: To bulk up the veggies I added 2 carrots and a diced zucchini. I also wanted it to have a lot of citrus flavor, so used 3 small limes. I also added a pinch of smoked paprika and a pinch of cayenne for a little heat. I put 1/4 a cup of brown rice in each bowl as well. Came out really well!

This soup was one of the best soups I've made in a long time! Very healthy & very delicious. The only thing I did different was add in some fresh sliced mushrooms, fresh cut carrots, some baby corn and a bad of bean sprouts. DELISH!!!!